CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTORY 1 II THE RIVER AVON—CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE 6 III ABBOT’S LEIGH TO CLEVEDON 17 IV CLEVEDON—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS: 25 COLERIDGE V CLEVEDON (_continued_)—LITERARY 32 ASSOCIATIONS: TENNYSON VI YATTON—CONGRESBURY—WICK ST. LAWRENCE 45 VII WORSPRING PRIORY—KEWSTOKE 56 VIII WESTON-SUPER-MARE 67 IX WORLEBURY—WORLE 78 X STEEP HOLM—FLAT HOLM—UPHILL—BREAN DOWN 87 XI BLEADON—BREAN—BRENT KNOLL 98 XII BURNHAM—HIGHBRIDGE—BAWDRIP—“BATH 111 BRICKS”—THE RIVER PARRET XIII BRIDGWATER—ADMIRAL BLAKE—THE MONMOUTH 126 REBELLION XIV CANNINGTON—THE QUANTOCKS—NETHER STOWEY, 139 AND THE COLERIDGE CIRCLE XV STEART—STOGURSEY—THE FOLK-SPEECH OF 158 ZUMMERZET—GLATT-HUNTING AT KILVE—ST. AUDRIES XVI WILLITON—ST. DECUMAN’S AND THE 179 WYNDHAMS—WATCHET XVII CLEEVE ABBEY—OLD CLEEVE—BLUE ANCHOR 189 XVIII DUNSTER 206 XIX MINEHEAD, NEW AND OLD—SELWORTHY—THE 227 HORNER XX PORLOCK—BOSSINGTON—PORLOCK WEIR 247 XXI CULBONE AND ITS REVELS—WHORTLEBERRIES 260 XXII THE “LORNA DOONE COUNTRY” 270 XXIII OARE—MALMSMEAD—THE BADGWORTHY VALLEY—THE 286 “DOONE VALLEY”—GLENTHORNE INDEX 299 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Clifton Bridge Frontispiece Map of The Somerset Coast 1 Avonmouth, from Pill 18 In Portishead Church 21 Coleridge’s Cottage, Clevedon 28 Clevedon 35 Clevedon Court 43 Kingston Seymour 46 Yatton Church 48 The Rectory, Congresbury 51 Woodspring Priory 58 Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Front) 63 Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Back) 65